<p>I know med schools like research experience, but what if that research is outside the medical field? I'm a high school senior and I've been in close contact with a physics professor at the university I'm attending next year, and hes given me a physics-based research opportunity.</p>
<p>I'm still really interested in physics, and unless physics research is a huge turn-off (as opposed to other areas of research) to med school admissions officers then I intend on sticking with it.</p>
<p>Also, any information on the relative success rates of physics majors vs. biochem majors?</p>
<p>Any research is good research. From what I've heard, it's all pretty equal, as long as it's something you're really interested in. So if you love physics, do physics research.</p>
<p>1.) A couple of adcoms have said explicitly that any research is good research, but there is of course no data to support such a theory.
2.) There IS data to support the notion that within academic subjects, all majors perform about equally.</p>
<p>stick with physics and do what you enjoy. you've already made quite a significant statement in declaring a physics major over a biosciences major -- you're already smarter than 90% of your pre-med peers.</p>
<p>I've emailed an advisor at the university, and he told me it's possible but pretty difficult to major in physics, complete the pre-med requirements, and graduate all in four years at my school. Call me a quitter, but I don't mind biochem, and doing research at the same time in physics will give me my "physics fix".</p>